#46A8DD#46A8DD

#46A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46A8DD
RGB	rgb(70, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -11.95, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 37.11, 251.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0669 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.119 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5745, 34.5246, 73.4979)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46A8DD #DD7B46

analogous

#46DDC7 #46A8DD #465CDD

triadic

#46A8DD #DD46A8 #A8DD46

tetradic

#46A8DD #C746DD #DD7B46 #5CDD46

square

#46A8DD #C746DD #DD7B46 #5CDD46

split-complementary

#46A8DD #DD465C #DDC746

monochromatic

#1A668E #248BC2 #46A8DD #7AC0E7 #ADD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#46A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#46A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46A8DD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46A8DD	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e7',
    500: '#46a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46a8dd;
$custom-light: #8ac1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.06,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69614,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46A8DD

secondary

#DEB6A1

accent

#7A3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #46A8DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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